Lead-pencil holder



(No Model.)

B. WEISSENBORN.

LEAD PENCIL HOLDER. No. 250,023. Patented Nov. 22,1881.

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LEAD-PENCIL HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of -Letters Patent No. 250,023, dated November 22, 1881. Application filed September 9, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, EDWARD WEISSENBORN, of Hoboken,in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvementiu Lead-Pencil Holders, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is alongitudinal section of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the lower part of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank for the pencil-holder point. Fig. 4 shows a modification of the blank for the pencil-holding point. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the modified pencil-holding point. Fig. 6 is a cross-section of the same, taken through the line :0 m, Fig. 5.

The object of this invention is to facilitate and cheapen the manufacture of lead-pencil holders of that class in which thelead is held by a spring-pressed divided point.

The invention consists in a novel construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Arepresents a tube of such a length and size as to receive and fit loosely upon a leadpencil, B.

To the tube A, a little above its center, is attached a collar, 0, which is secured to the ring-collar D, secured within and to the lower end of a tube, E.' The tube E surrounds the upper part ofthe tube A, and has a rubber eraser, F, attached to its upper end, which serves also as a knob for the finger to rest upon when pressing down the tubes A E. If desired, the eraser F can be omitted and replaced with a knob.

To the tube A, at a little distance from its lower end, is attached a collar, G, which rests against the collar H, secured to the upper end of a short tube, I, by serrating the said upper end of the said tube 1, and bending the points thus formed down over the said collar H. The enlargement formed by serrating the upper end of the short tube I rests upon a shoulder or in a bead, J, formed in the outer tube or case, K, of the holder, and keeps the said tube I in place in the said case K. The case or tube K extends nearly to the upper end of the tube E, as shown in Fig. 1. Around the upper part of the tube K is formed a bead or shoulder, L, for the fingers of the operator to rest against when pushing down the tube E.

The tube A, when left free, is held up by a spiral spring, M, placed upon the middle part of the said tube A, with its upper end resting against the collar 0, and its lower end resting against the collar H. The spring M is covered and protected by the tube or case K.

The pencil B is held by the spring-point N, which is formed of a strip of elastic sheet metal having its lower part out to form tapering fingers or jaws O. The plate or strip is then bent in its upper part into tubular form, and in itslower part into conical form, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so that the ends or points of the jaws 0 will grasp and hold the pencil B. The spring-point N fits into the short tube I, and has its upper edge slightly bent outward to rest upon the upper end of the tube I at the base of its points.

With this construction, when the tube E is pressed downward, it carries the tube A with it and compresses the spring M, so that the said spring M will raise the said tube A to its place as soon as the tube E is released. When the tubeAis forced downward its lower end strikes against theinclinedinner surfaces of the springpoint N, and forces the parts or jaws of the said spring-point open, allowing the pencil B to drop down freely. When the pencil B has been adjusted in the desired position, the tube E is released, and the spring M forces the tube A upward and allows the parts or jaws O of the divided point to spring inward to clasp and hold the said pencil B.

If desired, the divided spring-point can be made in three pieces, as shown in Fig. 4; but in this case a small tube, P, should be inserted in the tubular upper part, N, of the said di vided pointto keep its separated partsin place.

If desired, the tube P can be placed within the tubular upper part of the divided point N 0, when the said point is madein one piece, as first described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a lead-pencil holder, the combination,

with the tube K and the spring-point N O, of the short tube I, having its upper end serrated the tube I, 1)1O\'l(l(l with the shoulder H, the and profided with the collar H, substantially pencil-receiving tube A, provided with shoulas and for the purpose set forth. ders O G, the sliding tube E, and the spring M, EDWARD VVEISSENBORN. substantially as and for the purpose set forth. \Vitnesses:

2. In a leadpencil holder, the combination, JAMES T. GRAHAM, with the tube K, provided with the bead J, or" G. SEDG-WIGK. 

